The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.

Two rare trees with ties to colonial-era Philadelphia soon will grace the steps to Carpenters' Hall in Old City. The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be ...

SOCOTRA, Yemen -- On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is ...

Scientists have found that rare trees growing in Kenya can save the world by turning carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air into stone. The finding, presented by researchers from the University of Zurich ...

A retired couple’s rare prehistoric tree has produced seeds for the first time ever, worth more than $6,716. Pamela and Alistair Thompson, both 75, bought a Wollemi pine for just $94 in 2010 as a ...

Introduction -- Trees and their ecosystems. Tropical rainforests ; Tropical cloud forests ; Tropical dry forests ; Temperate and boreal forests ; Islands -- Trees and their uses. Medicine, poisons, ...

I just received an amazing shipment of rare plants all the way from Indonesia! The company that sent me the plants can be ...